Tap on mousepad not working

Recently (I don't know exactly when it happened) on an Asus EEEPC
1000HE, a single tap being a left button click stopped working.
I'm just wondering if this one of those Just Me (TM) things.
I can work around it with synclient. I don't use Gnome or KDE so don't
have the various GUI tools that they supply.
I don't recollect seeing anyone else mention it, another reason I'm
wondering if it's one of those Just Me(TM) things.
Thanks for any input. (Pun semi-intended)
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